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Building resilience: A study of the academic achievement, school attendance, and self-concept of students in grades 3-5 who participated in a 21st Century Community Learning Center's after-school program
Chappel, Linda J., 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

An investigation of the effects of different rates of participation in an after school program on children's perceived competence and social acceptance, reading and mathematics achievements, and school attendance

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School readiness: Preparing children for kindergarten
Buchanan, Daphonnie, December 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN

A study of the relationship between kindergarten math, reading, and writing achievement and universal prekindergarten environments, interactions with teachers and peers, family background, and school readiness, from school readiness screening scores, three kindergarten achievement assessment administrations, parent and teacher questionnaires, progress reports, disciplinary write-ups, and report card data collected from 25 children over a 27-week period

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Evaluation report: North Carolina Support Our Students: 2004-2005
EDSTAR, 2005
Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR.

An evaluation of the 2004-2005 year of a North Carolina state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students

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Evaluation report: North Carolina Support Our Students: 2003-2004
EDSTAR, 2004
Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR.

The evaluation of one year of a North Carolina state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students

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North Carolina's Support Our Students: Evaluation report for school year 1999-2000
Johnson, Janet L., 2000
Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR.

The evaluation of one year of a state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students

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Poverty, early childhood education and academic competence: The Abecedarian experiment
Ramey, Craig T., 1992
In A.C. Huston (Ed.), Children in Poverty: Child development and public policy (pp. 190-221). New York: Cambridge University Press

An examination of the effectiveness of early childhood interventions in improving the intellectual competence and academic achievement of low-income children, based on a sample of 111 children from 109 families who participated in the Carolina Abecedarian Project

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North Carolina's Support Our Students: Evaluation report for school year 2000-2001
EDSTAR, 2001
Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR.

The evaluation of a state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students

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Evaluation report: North Carolina Support Our Students: 2001-2002
Johnson, Janet L., 2002
Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR.

The evaluation of a state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students

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Timing of high-quality child care and cognitive, language, and preacademic development
Li, Weilin, 2012
Developmental Psychology, , 1-12

A study of the relationship between exposure to different combinations of high- versus low-quality child care during two developmental periods--infant-toddlerhood and preschool, and children's cognitive, language, and preacademic development, based on data from 1,364 young children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care in the pioneer partnerships: 1994 and 1996
Maxwell, Kelly, 1997
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

An evaluation of North Carolina?s Smart Start pioneer partnerships in 1994 and 1996, building on the earlier Effects of Smart Start on the Quality of Preschool Child Care evaluation, focusing on services provided, teacher education and training, and overall quality

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More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program progress report to the North Carolina General Assembly
North Carolina. Office of School Readiness, 01 February, 2007
Raleigh, NC: North Carolina, Office of School Readiness.

A summary of the 2006/2007 implementation of North Carolina's More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program for at risk four-year-olds

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Making the most of after-school time: Ten case studies of school-based after-school programs
National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2005
Alexandria, VA: National Association of Elementary School Principals.

A report profiling high quality school-based after-school programs from ten different states

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The Carolina Abecedarian Project: An educational experiment concerning human malleability
Ramey, Craig T., 1987
In J.J. Gallagher (Ed.), The malleability of children (pp. 127-139). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

A review of the experimental early education program, Carolina Abecedarian Project, which focuses on the intellectual development of at-risk preschool children

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School readiness: A multifaceted, developmental approach
Williams, Shannon, 2007
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Davis

A study of patterns of children's school readiness, the relationship of children's early child care experiences to their school readiness and success, the relationship of children's school readiness to their school success, and the role of family risk factors in children's school readiness, based on analysis of data for 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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The QUINCE-PFI study: An evaluation of a promising model for child care provider training: Final report
Bryant, Donna M., September 2009
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

An examination of the efficacy of an individualized, assessment-based, on-site consultation model of professional development for the quality improvement of early childhood programs, based on 108 child care classrooms and 263 family child care homes from twenty-four agencies in five states assigned to a group to receive a professional development intervention or to a control group

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Children's experiences in center-based child care as a function of teacher background and adult:child ratio
Howes, Carollee, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 404-425

An examination of child care quality in relation to adult: child ratio and teacher education, using the Cost, Quality and Outcome (CQO) and Florida Quality Improvement study datasets

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Compensatory education for disadvantaged children
Ramey, Craig T., 1982
In J. Belsky (Ed.), In the beginning: Readings in infancy (pp. 259-269). New York: Columbia University Press

A review of the early intervention program, the Carolina Abecedarian Project, regarding the social and intellectual development of low-income, predominately African American students

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Relations between preschool children's child-care experiences and concurrent development: The Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 451-477

A longitudinal study of the effects of child care experiences on concurrent child outcomes, taking into account the quality of child care and the moderating influence of family and child characteristics.

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More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program progress report to the North Carolina General Assembly
North Carolina. More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program, 2004
Raleigh: North Carolina More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program.

A summary of the 2003/2004 implementation of North Carolina's More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program for at risk four-year-olds, reviewing number of children served, staff and teacher professional development, and program funding

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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

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Effect of early childhood teacher characteristics on classroom practice, quality, and child abilities
Bivona, Jenny M., 2005
Unpublished master's thesis, University of North Texas, Denton

An examination of the impact of early education teachers' perceptions of developmentally appropriate practices and their educational experiences on their use of developmentally appropriate practices, classroom quality, and young children's cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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The NICHD Study of Early Child Care: Contexts of development and developmental outcomes over the first seven years of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
In J. Brooks-Gunn, A.S. Fuligni, & L.J. Berlin (Eds.), Early child development in the 21st century (pp. 181-201). New York: Teachers College Press

A description of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care’s examination of the relationship between child care and children's development over the first seven years of life

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Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.

An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities

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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Care and Youth Development (pp. 3-36). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the relationships between types of nonmaternal care and children’s social and emotional adjustment, cognitive and linguistic development, and physical growth and health

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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22(5), 457-492

An examination of connections among child care experiences, family characteristics, and early childhood developmental outcomes, based on a study of 1100 children followed from birth to age 7

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